By Dan Ambrose: WBC Silver middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defends his title against welterweight Alfonso Gomez (2-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Chavez, perhaps to ensure that he doesn’t get beaten, has been matched against a welterweight instead of someone from the middleweight division. Gomez will be coming up in weight two entire divisions to challenge the 24-year-old Chavez Jr. for his obscure title belt, which the WBC created recently for some reason. Chavez Jr. is hoping to get a shot against fellow Top Rank fighter Manny Pacquiao in 2011, which is one of the reasons why Chavez decided not to go to the Philippines to spar with Pacquiao.
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Chavez-Gomez: Will Julio get through this fight?
By Dan Ambrose: Undefeated middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to get a big money fight with Manny Pacquiao in 2011. And with both Chavez and Pacquiao sharing the same promoter Bob Arum, Chavez stands a very good chance of getting a crack at the Filipino star, even if it Chavez Jr. doesn’t deserve to fight Pacquiao. However, before Chavez Jr. can face Pacquiao next year, has the not so simple task of having to beat welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s on December 4th in their fight at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. Gomez, 29, is ranked #3 IBF, #5 WBC and #9 WBO in the welterweight rankings.
Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez card to go for $44.95 on PPV
By Chris Williams: The December 4th card with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) defending his obscure WBC Silver middleweight title against welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) will go for a reported $44.95. The fight will be taking place at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. On the undercard, Nonito Donaire will be facing Wladimir Sidorenko, and WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto will be taking on contender Urbano Antillon, and rounding out the card will be lightweight contender Brandon Rios vs. Noe Bolanos. I know boxing is a subjective thing for fans, but I don’t know that this card is worth me paying $44.95. There needs to be more flexibility when purchasing these expensive PPV cards. Like letting boxing fans have the options of paying to see some of the fights while ignoring others. For example, I’ll pay $4.99 to watch the Chavez-Gomez fight and they can leave off the Rios-Bolanos, Donaire-Sidorenko and Soto-Antillon fights. I’m not interested in those fights.
Chavez Jr. to fight Cotto next if he defeats Gomez on 12/4
By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s going to match unbeaten middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) up with World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next in 2011 if Chavez can beat welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in their fight on December 4th. In an article at the Orange County Register, Arum says “If he [Chavez Jr.] wins this fight, I’m going to put him in against Miguel Cotto. Cotto is a terrific fighter and he won’t be intimidated by Chavez’s name. Is Julio ready for a challenge like that? I don’t know. I think Freddie [Roach] thinks there’s a lot of potential there, and the last fight [Chavez’s 12 round decision win over fringe middleweight contender John Duddy] was definitely a big step.”
Chavez Jr. fighting Gomez to get more recognition
By Jason Kim: Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is being carefully guided to the top by matching him against fighters with a little bit of name recognition by boxing fans, but not against anyone that is truly dangerous and would have a chance to beat him. In his next fight on December 4th, Chavez Jr. will be facing Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s), a former contestant on NBC’s reality television program The Contender six long years ago. Gomez, unlike Chavez, is a welterweight and not a middleweight.
Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez at middleweight on 12/4
By Dan Ambrose World Boxing Council (WBC) “Silver” middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) will be defending his title against Alfonso Gomez )22-4-2, 11 kO’s) on December 4th, in Anaheim, California. What makes this match-up so disappointing, however, is that the 29-year-old Gomez will be moving up not one but two divisions to take on the much bigger 24-year-old Chavez Jr. for his Silver middleweight title. Gomez, 5’9″, has fought at welterweight his entire nine year pro career and asking him to move up two divisions to take on the 6′ foot Chavez Jr. doesn’t appear to be all that fair.
Chavez-Gomez, Soto-Antillon, Donaire-Sidorenko is official for 12/4 on PPV
By Jim Dower: Dan Rafael is reporting that the Top Rank pay per view card for December 4th, with Julio Cesar Chavez J. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) vs. Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in the main event, is now official. The bout will be taking place at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. The following undercard matches will be shown: Humberto Soto vs. Urbano Antillon, Nonito Donaire vs. Wladimir Sidorenko, Brandon Rios vs. TBA, and Vanes Martirosyan vs. TBA. In a lot of ways, this card may actually be a better overall fight card compared to the November 13th fight card with Manny Pacquiao taking on Antonio Margarito, and Kelly Pavlik vs. Brian Vega on the undercard.
Chavez Jr. vs. Gomez to headline the December 4th Latin Fury PPV card
By Chris Williams: Believe it or not, the bout between middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) and welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) will be headlining the December 4th Latin Fury pay per view card. First of all, this is a card that you’ll to pay for and secondly it’s going to have what appears to be a mismatch between the much bigger Chavez Jr. against the welterweight Gomez.
Chavez Jr. likely to face Alfonso Gomez on December 4th
By Eric Thomas: According to the latest boxing news, unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) is likely to be facing the 29-year-old welterweight Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) on December 4th rather than the tough junior middleweight Pawel Wolak. In facing the smaller Gomez, Chavez will have an advantage in size and power that will help him. Chavez wouldn’t have nearly as much of an advantage against Wolak.
Junior Witter vs. Alfonso Gomez or Victor Puiu in July or September – News
By Sean McDaniel: Former WBC light welterweight champion Junior Witter (37-3-2, 22 KO’s) will be making a comeback soon against either welterweight contender Alfonso Gomez or Victor Puiu (18-1-2, 9 KO’s) in July or September, according to thestar.co. Witter, now 36, has been literally falling apart in the past couple of years, suffering one serious injury after another. Witter’s latest injury was a cruciate ligament tear, which he suffered while jobbing. Witter has had surgery to fix that problem and has been healing for the past 12 rounds since the injury occurred.